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TIL that for the first time in 1,000 years, a pagan temple dedicated to both Thor and Odin, will be built in Iceland.

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EgVRW TIL During his 2009 TED talk, Bill Gates opened a jar of mosquitoes and let them fly around, saying, “Malaria is spread by mosquitoes. I brought some… I’ll let them roam around. There is no reason only poor people should be infected.” He then revealed the mosquitoes were malaria-free.
kOnnm TIL that Lucy Lawless is fascinated by the criminal justice system, and goes to court on her days off to sit in the witness gallery and observe trials in progress.
xoXB TIL there exists a common, popular belief in Japan and other East Asian countries that a person’s ABO blood type is considered an indicator of personality type. So much so that sometimes schools and employers will discriminate students and prospective employees based on it.
p8Gv8 TIL final battle scene in "The Last Jedi" was filmed on Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat in Bolivia. By some estimates more than 10 billion tons of salt cover the region today and it's home to more than 50 percent of the world's lithium reserves
GYKEg TIL In 2015, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield released the first ever album recorded entirely in space, named Space Sessions: Songs from a Tin Can.